Benjamin was a lawyer. He had been a General in the Union Army during America's Civil War of the eighteen sixties.

VOA: special.2010.05.27

That's simple, and he just started playing the best tennis of his life, just remembering what it's been like for him.

很简单，他就已经,开始打网球生涯中最好的表现，仅仅是记起了比赛的真正含义。

普林斯顿公开课 - 人性课程节选

And so to see somebody so prolific and who's been that way since he was a teenager, I mean,

所以，（我们）看到这样一个从青年时期就多产的作家，我的意思是，

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He had been searching for a way to make the environment a subject of national interest to the country's politicians and leaders.

VOA: special.2010.04.21

He's been waiting and waiting for his season due so that he can ripen into a powerful Orphic poet.

他一直在等待着自己繁茂的年华,那时候他将成长为强大的俄耳甫斯式的诗人。

耶鲁公开课 - 弥尔顿课程节选

Paul had never been inside it, but he used to stand near the hotel's wide glass doors.

VOA: special.2009.04.04

He's obviously been asking her about the sources of some of the images and characters and themes in Wise Blood.

他一直问奥康纳,关于《慧血》里面一些形象、,人物和主题的来源。

耶鲁公开课 - 1945年后的美国小说课程节选

Jackson's health had been poor during the last few months he spent in the White House.

VOA: special.2009.01.01

He has the most varied career and has been celebrated in so many different situations that we're honored that he's here on the Inner Core today.

他的职业生涯很丰富,可谓功成名就,我们很荣幸今天能请到他来到现场。

普林斯顿公开课 - 人性课程节选

After the mayor's death, a mob went to the hotel where one of Brown's men had been held since he was seized earlier in the day.

VOA: special.2009.06.25

That's true. People, when he died, not as much now, spoke of him has been terribly overweighed, because it was.

是的，他死后可不像今天这么受欢迎，人们都说他太肥了,因为这是事实。

麻省理工公开课 - 电影哲学课程节选

At that time he had been writing children's books for almost fifty years.

VOA: special.2010.05.02

Because you can hire someone who is a software engineer and he's been doing it for 10 years and if they're doing it for 10 years that's probably what they're doing for their life, you know, and I mean that's cool.

你可以聘用一名,有着十年工作经验的软件工程师,如果他已经在这行业,待了十年了，那么可能这辈子他都会干这行，这样不错。

斯坦福公开课 - 扎克伯格谈Facebook创业过程课程节选

He had been married to Taylor's best friend and popular actress Debbie Reynolds.

VOA: special.2011.03.25

The second part is after he's been conditioned and he's kind of freaked out with the white rabbit.

但在他形成了条件作用之后,他对小白兔也产生了恐惧。

耶鲁公开课 - 心理学导论课程节选

Business is good he says. "Hey,it's been very good.

VOA: special.2009.08.21

He's been concerned with satisfying the needs of his body and making money.

他关心的是,满足身体所需及赚钱。

耶鲁公开课 - 政治哲学导论课程节选

He says jazz has been called "America's classical music,"

VOA: special.2009.04.17

And he's been working in a project based in my lab.

他一直在我的实验室做一个项目。

麻省理工公开课 - 媒体、教育、市场课程节选

He had been Lincoln's vice president.

VOA: special.2010.01.21

So, the current guy, he's actually been in The Bachelor twice now.

现在的这位男士参加这个节目已经两次了。

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The bar's owner said the octopus has always been right so far - and he hopes he's right again.

VOA: standard.2010.07.09

He is also a PhD candidate in Economics at Yale and he's been doing research on financial markets in developing countries.

他正在耶鲁攻读经济学博士学位,他目前正在研究,发展中国家的金融市场

耶鲁公开课 - 金融市场课程节选

All of this,he says, also has been compounded by new economic sanctions imposed by the United Nations and the U.S.

VOA: standard.2010.07.20

And he introduced these ideas and it's all been literally uphill from then.

他提出了这些理念,从那时起便蓬勃发展起来。

哈佛公开课 - 幸福课课程节选

The U.S.military has been searching for Private Bergdahl for about two weeks, since he reportedly disappeared during a patrol.

VOA: standard.2009.07.20

Moses enumerates additional misfortunes and sufferings that will befall Israel if she sins. But he emphasizes the choice is Israel's: God has been clear regarding what's required, and it's not beyond Israel's reach to attain life and prosperity. She needs to only choose.

摩西列举了如果以色列人犯罪，他们所面临的,不幸和惩罚但是他强调了以色列人所拥有的选择：,上帝已经申明他的要求，以色列人,想要的生命和繁荣并不是不可达到的她只需要选择。

耶鲁公开课 - 旧约导论课程节选

Melvin has been an astronaut for 10 years. He says he's trying to be a role model to young African-Americans.

VOA: standard.2010.02.02

Now, Ludwig van Beethoven was in his fifties when he was working on his last symphony-- what would prove to be his last symphony-- his Ninth Symphony, and he'd been tinkering with this particular melody all the way back to probably 1803, so it's about twenty years or so.

路德维希·凡·贝多芬在五十多岁时,创作了他最后一首交响乐,后来成为他最后的交响曲,就是他的第九交响曲,他一直在锤炼这段旋律,也许要追溯到一八零三年,所以大概经历了二十个年头

耶鲁公开课 - 聆听音乐课程节选

And he comes home. And he's been working with fish all day.

然后回家了。他一整天都接触鱼。

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